--- type: "LegalText" title: "15 U.S.C. § 649a" description: "Omitted" jurisdiction: "us" corpus: "united_states_code" kind: "code_section" title_number: 15 title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE" chapter_number: "14A" chapter_name: "AID TO SMALL BUSINESS" section: "649a" citation: "15 U.S.C. § 649a" status: "current" release_point: "119-100" release_date: "2026-06-26" source: "official" source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc15@119-100.zip" source_identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s649a" source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-15/usc15.xml" source_hash: "e53edd8a5a5caf9b90a9dc10c5818b24260ecc68b0565b80000d46b019671530" raw_snapshot_hash: "6982338d990ef19d6b52bff6825089bdd6d0ee1233d9382673faf533decd5059" text_hash: "f615642a828629c78047483ce8aab376fa31c844c82a91020caa80103dda4f4a" retrieved_at: "2026-07-04" confidence: "official" tags: ["legal", "us-code"] --- # 15 U.S.C. § 649a - Omitted ## Notes Editorial Notes Codification Section, Pub. L. 96–481, title III, § 301(a)–(d), Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2330, which related to establishment, staffing, functions, evaluation, and reporting requirements of export promotion centers, terminated Oct. 1, 1983. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective and Termination DatesPub. L. 96–481, title III, § 301(e), Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2331, provided that: “This section shall take effect on October 1, 1980, or on the date of the enactment of this section [Oct. 21, 1980] whichever occurs later and shall expire on October 1, 1983.”